On the Mass-Period Distributions and Correlations of Extrasolar Planets

In addition to fitting the data of 233 extra-solar planets with power laws, we construct a correlated mass-period distribution function of extrasolar planets, as the first time in this field. The algorithm to generate a pair of positively correlated beta-distributed random variables is introduced and used for the construction of correlated distribution functions. We investigate the mass-period correlations of extrasolar planets both in the linear and logarithm spaces, determine the confidence intervals of the correlation coefficients, and confirm that there is a positive mass-period correlation for the extrasolar planets. In addition to the paucity of massive close-in planets, which makes the main contribution on this correlation, there are other fine structures for the data in the mass-period plane.Comment: to be published in AJ, tentatively in December 200

A Pre- and Post- MCCG 2012 Evaluation on the Impacts of Corporate Governance and Intellectual Capital with Firm Performance

This paper aims to examine and compare the impact of corporate governance (CG) and intellectual capital (IC) on firm performance (FP) between pre- Malaysia Code of Corporate Governance (MCCG) 2012 and post- MCCG 2012 of GLCs. Panel data analysis was used. The data were collected from the annual report of the 32 GLCs from 2005 to 2012 (pre- MCCG 2012) and from 2013 to 2020 (post- MCCG 2012). There was a total of 512 firm-year observations. The CG of post- MCCG 2012 has a greater impact on earnings per share (EPS) compared to pre- MCCG 2012. The IC of pre- MCCG 2012 has a greater impact on return on equity (ROE), Tobin’s Q and EPS. Keywords: Corporate Governance; Intellectual Capital; MCCG 2012; Government-Linked Companies eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under the responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians), and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7iSI8.390

THE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY CHARACTERISTICS BETWEEN DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SOCCER PLAYER ON INSTEP KICKING

This study improves kicking performance by comparing muscle activity between different levels of players. Twelve soccer players in the college cup in division I and division II volunteered to participate in this study. A VlCON motion capture system (200 Hz) was used to capture the kicking motion including back-swing and forward-swing. The Noraxon electromyography system was used to collect and analyze the percentage of maximum voluntary contraction on rectus femoris, bicepsfemoris, tibialis anterior, and gastrocnemius. The Mann-Whilney U (a = -05) test was applied to assess significant differences in this study. The results indicated that division II players had a greater percentage maximum voluntary contraction in tibialis anterior in the back-swing. To avoid stiff movements in soccer kicks, division II players should decrease muscle contraction in the tiblalis anterior In the back-swing

Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest in the Elderly

SummaryBackgroundTo investigate the characteristics of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in the elderly, we retrospectively studied a 6-month series of cases in an emergency department (ED) of a medical center in northern Taiwan.MethodsThere were 145 OHCA cases sent to our ED from January 1, 2007 to June 30, 2007. Of these, 28 traumarelated and five pediatric cases were excluded, and 112 cases were eventually enrolled into our study. The 112 cases were divided into an elderly group (≥ 65 years) of 81 cases and a non-elderly group of 31 cases. There were 64 males and 48 females (male/female ratio, 1.33:1) aged 24–99 years. We collected the laboratory data and made comparisons between the elderly and non-elderly group in arterial blood gas, hemoglobin, potassium, glucose, and troponin I. We used the statistical software SPSS version 11.5.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) with t test analysis. The clinical significance was set at p < 0.05.ResultsReturn of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) occurred in 46 cases (41%) after standard resuscitation by advanced cardiac life support. The elderly group had a higher ROSC rate than the non-elderly group, but this was not significant (44% vs. 32%; p = 0.335). The elderly group had less acidosis, less hypercapnia, less hyperkalemia, less hyperglycemia and a higher rate of elevated troponin I than the non-elderly group, but the differences were not significant. The elderly group had significantly lower hemoglobin levels than the non-elderly group (10.52 ± 3.04 vs. 12.6 ± 3.32g/dL; p = 0.003). The glucose levels of the ROSC group were significantly higher than the non-ROSC group in the elderly (230.14 ± 130.4 vs. 195.1 ± 147.7mg/dL; p = 0.049). In the group of acute coronary syndrome (ACS)-related OHCA, the ROSC rate in the elderly group was significantly higher than that of the non-elderly (54.2% vs. 40%; p = 0.014). The elderly group had a slightly lower rate of survival than the non-elderly group (7.4% vs. 9.7%; p = 0.159).ConclusionThe elderly OHCA cases had an anemic status. The elderly had a higher ROSC rate in cases with relative hyperglycemia and ACS-related OHCA. This finding provides us with the theory of trialing administration of glucose water during resuscitation in OHCA cases

Gender Determination using Fingerprint Features

Several previous studies have investigated the gender difference of the fingerprint features. However, regarding to the statistical significance of such differences, inconsistent results have been obtained. To resolve this problem and to develop a method for gender determination, this work proposes and tests three fingertip features for gender determination. Fingerprints were obtained from 115 normal healthy adults comprised of 57 male and 58 female volunteers. All persons were born in Taiwan and were of Han nationality. The age range was18-35 years. The features of this study are ridge count, ridge density, and finger size, all three of which can easily be determined by counting and calculation. Experimental results show that the tested ridge density features alone are not very effective for gender determination. However, the proposed ridge count and finger size features of left little fingers are useful, achieving a classification accuracy of 75% (P-valu